by Becky Gillette Published: December 14,2012
While physicians and medical practices are eligible for federal grants to institute electronic health records, not everyone is convinced that it will make for a better medical practice. Dr. Dwalia S. South, North Mississippi Primary Care in Ripley, who has been transitioning to EHRs in the past six months, describes it as one of the [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: September 30,2012
Tags: Affordable Care Act, healthcare reform, Kaiser Foundation, Medicaid, Milliman Inc., Obamacare, Phil Bryant
Economic experts are reviewing a completed state study examining the fiscal implications for Mississippi in expanding Medicaid rolls under federal Affordable Care Act. In the balance is an infusion of $9 billion of federal money into Mississippi’s health care sector to help fund an expansion of Medicaid eligibly to include at least 250,000 low-and-moderate-income working [...] [...]
by Ted Carter Published: July 8,2012
Tags: Affordable Care Act, Balch & Bingham, Barack Obama, healthcare reform, John Roberts, Mitt Romney, Obamacare, Pepper Crutcher, Romneycare
Pepper Crutcher, a labor and employment law attorney in Balch & Bingham’s Jackson office, finished reading Chief Justice John G. Roberts’ opinion on the Affordable Care Act by mid-morning of its June 28 issuance. One clear conclusion, according to Crutcher, is that Roberts knows a tax when he sees one. Call Obamacare’s health-care mandate whatever [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: November 30,2011
Tags: courts, federal government, health benefits, healthcare, healthcare reform, insurance, law, lawsuit, medicine, state government
HATTIESBURG — A federal judge has put on hold portions of a Mississippi lawsuit against Obama administration’s healthcare law. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, in a ruling issued Nov. 23, stayed consideration of parts of the April 2010 lawsuit not involving medical privacy issues. He said those issues were pending before the Supreme Court in [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: September 1,2011
Tags: courts, federal government, healthcare, healthcare reform, lawsuit, medicine
HATTIESBURG — A federal judge will allow a lawsuit filed in Mississippi challenging part of the Obama administration’s healthcare law to continue. U.S. District Judge Keith Starrett, in a ruling issued Aug. 29, denied the Obama administration’s motion to dismiss the lawsuit. Starrett dismissed some claims by the plaintiffs but refused to dismiss the medical [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: May 31,2011
Tags: federal government, health insurance, healthcare, healthcare reform, insurance, state government
WASHINGTON — Mississippi Commissioner of Insurance Mike Chaney and fellow members of the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) were in Washington, D.C., last week to confer with members of Congress about ongoing financial and health reform efforts. More than 35 state insurance regulators gathered for the NAIC Washington Forum where they were briefed by [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: April 12,2011
Tags: county government, healthcare, healthcare reform, hospitals, loans
PASCAGOULA — Singing River Health System officials say they need a $37.5-million loan, with most of the money needed to meet President Barack Obama’s impending health care mandates. The Mississippi Press reports hospital representatives asked Jackson County supervisors yesterday for a bond issuance. The largest portion of the money — $22 million — would be [...] [...]
by For the MBJ Published: April 6,2011
Tags: federal government, healthcare, healthcare reform, small businesses, taxes
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Thad Cochran (R-Miss.) voted to repeal a section of the year-old healthcare reform law that would have required businesses, local governments, churches and charities to file Internal Revenue Service (IRS) 1099 forms for transactions totaling more than $600 a year. The Senate voted 87-12 April 5 to fully repeal the IRS [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 8,2011
Tags: health insurance, healthcare, healthcare reform, insurance, state government
JACKSON — The Mississippi House has approved a plan that would allow employers to buy group health insurance policies anywhere in the country, not just from Mississippi insurers. The House, by an 83-33 margin yesterday, passed a bill to enact a health insurance exchange in Mississippi. Backers say the health insurance exchange is a critical [...] [...]
by Wally Northway Published: February 8,2011
Tags: federal government, health insurance, healthcare, healthcare reform, insurance, state government
JACKSON — Gov. Haley Barbour and 19 other Republican governors have submitted a list of potential healthcare law improvements for the administration to consider, if the law passed last year by the Democratic Congress isn’t repealed or struck down by the courts. “In addition to its constitutional infringements, we believe the system proposed by the [...] [...]
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